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Ankahi Urdu Kahaniyan - Feminist Tales

By: Sameena Nazir
Narrated by: Fouzia Dastango
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A collection of three short stories by Sameena Nazir, one of the leading modern voices in contemporary Urdu literature. Carrying shades of female queerness and defiance, author Sameena Nazir brings forth the oft muzzled tones in feminist literature, the untold stories of women who have been rejected by society.©2019 Sameena Nazir (P)2020 Sameena Nazir Poetry
Episodes
  • Kallo

    Kallo

     Ankahi Urdu Kahaniyan - Feminist Tales, Episode 1
    Feb 18 2021
    Kallo is a story of two women, who after being rejected by society, start living together under a roof. And get labeled by society all over again. Set in the old colonial Indian era, this story is reminiscent of Ismat Chugtai's storytelling.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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  • Baaji

    Baaji

     Ankahi Urdu Kahaniyan - Feminist Tales, Episode 2
    Feb 18 2021
    Baaji a strong woman, raised and lived in Hyderabad Deccan, refused to follow rituals and does not comply with rules favoring patriarchy. A story set through the 1950s through the new millennium, where Baaji lives in a big Haveli in Ghaffar Manzil, and the story is told through her niece's perspective. This afsana is narrated in the sweet Hyderabadi dialect mixed with nafees Urdu.
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    55 mins
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  • Miss Razia

    Miss Razia

     Ankahi Urdu Kahaniyan - Feminist Tales, Episode 3
    Feb 18 2021
    Set in the post-1971 Indo-Pak era, this story traverses through the journey of a strong woman Miss Razia, who is a principal of a govt girls school, and a true educationalist. Antagonist Aliya, a 9th standard student, who is narrating this story. Story deals with the socio-political scenario of the 70s, the nationalization of education, and a refugee situation.
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    58 mins
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